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April 29, 2008
President Bush: Our Times may, in fact, be Difficult
George Bush tiptoed into his rhetoric of difficulty today, sounding a little like a certain web blog. Mmm? The issue: the economic slowdown affecting the nation, what to call it, and what to do about it.
In declining to embrace the word “recession,” Mr. Bush said that many Americans were just beginning to receive their tax rebate checks as part of an $168 billion stimulus program, and that it would be some time before the effects of those checks on the economy were clear.
Is President Bush is turning a corner into some new realization about the nation? Could he really be starting to “feel your pain”?
Pressed again on whether the United States might be in a recession, Mr. Bush replied: “You know, the average person doesn’t really care what we call it. The average person wants to know whether or not we know that they’re paying higher gasoline prices, and that they’re worried about staying in their homes, and I do understand that.”
Here’s what I want to see: A president that sees the difficulties set before us as opportunities to achieve great things, to accomplish difficult deeds, and thereby achieve honor. The current prez? He doesn’t think this way, not even remotely.
The stage is beginning to be set for a new dawn in this country. And the clamoring naysayers and pessimistics must be drowned out by a beam of optimism. We don’t really have a choice, so we’d better accept our challenges and deal with them.
Posted by Rob at 04:33 PM | Comments (0)